Snowbound Improves Fault Tolerance, Expands Viewer Accessibility with Speech Synthesis

Waltham, MA (October 17, 2019) - Snowbound Software, the market leader in document viewing and conversion technology, today announced the release of VirtualViewer® HTML5 v5.1, the firm's award-winning web-based document viewer that allows users to view hundreds of different file types from a browser window. The latest version of VirtualViewer introduces important accessibility features, such as speech synthesis and compatibility with screen readers.

"We are excited about the addition of these accessibility features to the viewer," said Simon Wieczner, Snowbound's CEO. "Speech synthesis improves the usability of the viewer for all types of visitors, including those with visual impairments, and makes it possible for companies to serve the document viewing and management needs of more individuals in their user community."

The full set of new features include:

Speech Synthesis & New Accessibility Enhancements
VirtualViewer now can read documents that have text, ensuring that people with visual impairments or reading disabilities can review documents within the viewer. When a user opens a document that contains text, a button to toggle the speech controls will show up on the toolbar at the top. The speech controls bar gives the user the ability to play, stop and pause the text-to-speech.

In addition to the speech synthesis, the viewer is now also compatible with screen readers, providing additional accessibility support for blind or visually impaired users.

Audio/MP3 Support
The viewer now can play MP3 files within the viewer, so the user does not have to leave the viewer to listen to audio files related to their workflow.

New fault tolerance capabilities and overall stability improvements

"Snowbound is committed to expanding our WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) support, as well as serving the reliability needs of our enterprise users with increased fault tolerance and high throughput," said Snowbound's Chief Operations Officer, Mike Sabourin. "We regularly work with our customers to ensure we serve their critical requirements."

To see a quick video about VirtualViewer, click here.

Pricing and Availability
VirtualViewer HTML5 is available now for Java. For more details or to request an eval, please call (617-607-2010) or visit Snowbound.com.

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Who is Snowbound Software?
For over two decades, Snowbound Software has been the independent leader in document viewing and conversion technology. It plays an integral role in enhancing and speeding company workflows for the Fortune 2000, including insurance claims processing, financial transactions, and more. Snowbound excels in providing customers with powerful solutions for capturing, viewing, processing, and archiving hundreds of different document and image types. Thanks to its multi-environment support, Snowbound's products operate across all popular platforms and can be easily integrated into new or existing enterprise content management systems. Nine of the 10 largest banks in the United States (seven of 10 in the world), as well as some of the biggest healthcare providers, government agencies, and insurance companies rely on Snowbound for their mission-critical needs.

For more information, contact us at 617-607-2010 or info@snowbound.com, or visit www.snowbound.com.

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